Thomas OLIPHANT

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Service Number:	5147
Enlisted:	12 November 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	West Auckland, Durham, England, 1895
Home Town:	Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carter
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 14 November 1932, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Balmoral Cemetery, Qld Plot reads: MON/#/92. Interred on 15 November 1932.
Memorials:

12 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5147, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
31 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 5147, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
31 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 5147, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
20 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion, From 15th Battalion
5 Apr 1918:	Imprisoned Captured at Albert and interned in the Munster Camp. Repatriated to England on 6 January 1919
18 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 5147, 47th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of John William Oliphant and Edith Hannah Oliphant nee Applegarth of Carl Street, Thomson Estate South Brisbane, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 10 April 1919 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 31 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal